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<h3 class="section">8.82 <code>DATE_AND_TIME</code> &mdash; Date and time subroutine</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>DATE_AND_TIME(DATE, TIME, ZONE, VALUES)</code> gets the corresponding date and
time information from the real-time system clock.  <var>DATE</var> is
<code>INTENT(OUT)</code> and has form ccyymmdd.  <var>TIME</var> is <code>INTENT(OUT)</code> and
has form hhmmss.sss.  <var>ZONE</var> is <code>INTENT(OUT)</code> and has form (+-)hhmm,
representing the difference with respect to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Unavailable time and date parameters return blanks.
</p>
<p><var>VALUES</var> is <code>INTENT(OUT)</code> and provides the following:
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<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(1)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The year</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(2)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The month</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(3)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The day of the month</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(4)</code>:</td><td width="70%">Time difference with UTC in minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(5)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The hour of the day</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(6)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The minutes of the hour</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(7)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The seconds of the minute</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><code>VALUE(8)</code>:</td><td width="70%">The milliseconds of the second</td></tr>
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<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 90 and later
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<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Subroutine
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<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>CALL DATE_AND_TIME([DATE, TIME, ZONE, VALUES])</code>
</p>
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<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>DATE</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) The type shall be <code>CHARACTER(LEN=8)</code>
or larger, and of default kind.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>TIME</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) The type shall be <code>CHARACTER(LEN=10)</code>
or larger, and of default kind.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>ZONE</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) The type shall be <code>CHARACTER(LEN=5)</code>
or larger, and of default kind.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>VALUES</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) The type shall be <code>INTEGER(8)</code>.</td></tr>
</table>

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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>None
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Example</em>:</dt>
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<pre class="smallexample">program test_time_and_date
    character(8)  :: date
    character(10) :: time
    character(5)  :: zone
    integer,dimension(8) :: values
    ! using keyword arguments
    call date_and_time(date,time,zone,values)
    call date_and_time(DATE=date,ZONE=zone)
    call date_and_time(TIME=time)
    call date_and_time(VALUES=values)
    print '(a,2x,a,2x,a)', date, time, zone
    print '(8i5)', values
end program test_time_and_date
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<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="CPU_005fTIME.html#CPU_005fTIME">CPU_TIME</a>, <br>
<a href="SYSTEM_005fCLOCK.html#SYSTEM_005fCLOCK">SYSTEM_CLOCK</a>
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